Goodspeed's Biographies Goodspeed's History of Greene County -- 1887

R. G. Gammon

R. G. Gammon, a merchant at Caney Branch, Greene Co., Tenn., was born in Sullivan County, February 14, 1856, and is the son of Abram L. and Sarah A. (Gammon) Gammon. His father's father was Hon. Abram L. Gammon, and was a farmer and merchant by vocation.

Our subject was reared on the farm, and received a limited education in the country schools. He farmed early in life, and clerked for a while at Cedar Creek, Greene County, and in 1878, formed a partnership with George Gammon, and went to merchandising at Caney Branch. In 1880, he became sole proprietor of the establishment, and afterward conducted a good business for six years. In 1887 he formed a partnership with G. L. Gammon, and the firm is now carrying on general merchandising at Caney Branch. Our subject is a self-made man, universally respected and is postmaster at Caney Branch.

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